Philip a



P. A. SHANKLIN. TRAVELING WARDROBE.

(No Model.)

No. 555,305. Patented Aug. 4, 1595.

. of V w W 4 m n ww m zmwfimwfllnmd m 6 mi. N V If 1 fl J7 5 1% NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TO W. R. JONES,

OF SAME PLACE.

TRAVELING WARDROBE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 565,305, dated August 4, 1896.

Application filed April 22, 1896.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP A. SHANKLIN, of the city of Oentralia, Marion county, State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Traveling Wardrobe and Exhibitor, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to an improved wardrobe; and it consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of my improved wardrobe. Fig. 2 is an elevation, partly in section, of the parts shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the wardrobe, the lower part being broken away. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the track upon which the moving parts travel.

Referring by numerals to the drawings, the brackets 1 and 2, Fig. 3, are attached to the walls 3 and 4 of the room, and cross-bars 5 and 6 rest upon said brackets, and said crossbars have the depending portions 7 and 8 intermediate of their ends. The lower edges of the depending portions 7 and 8 arein horizontal alinement, and a track-board 9 is attached thereto. The body of said trackboard is rectangular in form and its ends are rounded or semicircular. Extending around the entire edge of said track-board is a Strip of sheet metal 10, Figs. 2, 3, and 4, having the curled upper edge 11, in which is inserted a stiffening-rod 12, (see Fig. 4,) thus forming the track 13, upon which the grooved pulleys 14 travel. Depending from the under side of the track-board 9 are posts 15 and 16, and triangular braces 17 and 18 are inserted between said posts and extending from the face of the posts to the face of the board 9.

A guide-board 19 is attached to the lower ends of the posts 15 and 16 and is identical in shape with the track-board 9, except that it is shorter. Between the ends of the boards 9 and 19 are vertically-arranged drums 20 and 21, mounted for rotation in verticallyalined apertures in said boards. The drums 20 and 21 are circles of approximately the same radii as the arcs described by the rounded ends of the track-board 9.

Serial No. 588,653. (No model.)

Encircling the drums 20 and 21 is a belt 22, of canvas or other suitable material, and attached to said belt in a vertical position and at suit-able distances apart are bars 23, the upper ends of which are even with the upper edge of the belt 22 and the lower ends of which bars project some distance below the lower edge of said belt. Straps 24 are attached to the upper ends of the bars 23 and project upwardly and have their ends bent to form the rectangular frames 25, in which frames are rotatably mounted the pulleys 14. Upon the outer faces of said bars 23 and upon the inner faces of the lower ends thereof are ,hooks 26, upon which the garments may be hung.

In the practical operation of my improved wardrobe the garments are supported by the pulleys 14 upon the track 13, and the bars 23 are held the proper distance apart by the belt 22 and rest against the edge of the guideboard 19, except when passing around the rounded ends, when they rest against the drums 20 and 21. By operating the device so that the pulleys 14 travel upon the track 13 any garment upon any of the hooks may be brought in front of the operator.

A wardrobe of my improved construction is simple, neat, commodious, and very convenient and possesses many advantages over those heretofore in use.

I claim 1. In a portable wardrobe, a track-board having a rectangular body and semicircular ends suspended in a horizontal position, an endless track around the edge of said board, a second board suspended in vertical alinement beneath the track-board, drums rotatably mo unted between the ends of said boards, canvas around said drums, bars vertically positioned and attached to the outer side of said canvas, and pulleys upon said endless track and connected to said bars, substantially as specified.

2. In a device of the class described, a trackboard having rounded ends, an endless track upon the edge of said board, means for supporting said track-board in a horizontal position, a second board below said track-board, connections between said boards, drums rotatably mounted between the ends of said drums rotatably mounted between the ends of said boards, a canvas upon said drums,

bars attached to said canvas and upon the outer side thereof, pulleys upon said'endless track, connections between said pulleys and said bars, and devices upon said bars for receiving the clothing, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

PHILIP A. SHANKLIN. Vitnessesi EDWARD E. LONGAN, MAUD GRIFFIN. 

